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Interferon Alfa-2b Injection

Minnesota rates for HCPCS J9214

Injection, interferon, alfa-2b, recombinant, 1 million units

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Interferon Alfa-2b Injection cost?

$31.62per million units

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $31.62 for each million units of this drug. The price depends on where it is billed: about $31.62 from a physician practice, and about $45.71 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

Work out the cost of a dose

This drug is priced per million units. Enter the amount given to see what insurers have agreed to pay for it.

million units
In a doctor's office or clinic
$31.62
At a hospital outpatient department
$45.71

The same drug, in the same amount, costs 45% more at a hospital than at a doctor's office.

Drug cost only. Giving the drug, the visit itself and any monitoring are billed on their own codes. We do not publish dosing guidance: use the amount from your own prescription or treatment plan.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$31.62$30.90 to $31.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$45.71$33.11 to $63.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $46 · 10th to 90th $32 to $83Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $26 to $34
$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0facility $46professional $32

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$37.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$63.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$79.43
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$41.69
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$123.03
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$42.66
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$37.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$676.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$50.12

Where Minnesota sits

Rates are fairly even across states for this service. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Minnesota $31.62 · 25th of 51
SD $33.11IA $29.51

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.